Adam Cole won his in-ring debut for AEW on this week s AEW Dynamite, then immediately cut a promo on his disdain for Christian Cage, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus. The trio has chased away The Elite twice in the past two weeks, but Cole declared that the SuperKliq (himself and The Young Bucks) could [.]
Paul Heyman Ties Christian s AEW Debut Into the Edge vs. Roman Reigns Storyline
Paul Heyman has been the consistent highlight of
Talking Smack ever since he joined SmackDown s post-show as a co-host. This week was no exception, as Heyman even managed to connect Christian s surprise arrival in All Elite Wrestling to the ongoing storyline between Roman Reigns and Edge over the Universal Championship. Christian made his surprise comeback after a seven-year retirement during this year s Men s Royal Rumble and even had a reunion with Edge in the ring. However, The Instant Classic then revealed about a month later he had signed a multi-year contract with AEW by arriving at the Revolution pay-per-view last Sunday.
AEW s Christian Cage Explains Why He Didn t Sign With WWE
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Revolution pay-per-view and signed a multi-year contract with the company. AEW president Tony Khan revealed in a media scrum after the show that the former World Heavyweight Champion personally reached out to him about joining the promotion, saying, We saw him very recently compete on pay-per-view. There was a lot of interest in it, it generated a lot of interest. And he was interested in wrestling on a regular basis. And he gave me a call and said, I d really like to come wrestle in AEW. I said, I d really like to come have you wreslte in AEW. That sounds awesome. It all came together.
Christian Makes Return, Reunites With Edge During Royal Rumble
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We had an Edge and Christian reunion on Sunday night during the WWE Royal Rumble. Christian came out as the 24th entrant in the Rumble, a major surprise for the man who has not wrestled since 2014 (outside of a 1:00 unsanctioned match on Raw last summer). The two former tag team partners quickly reunited in the ring with a hug, then used some double team offense on Matt Riddle.
Edge and Christian were 7-time WWE World Tag Team Champions in the early 2000s. The two rose to prominence during one of the heydays of tag team wrestling for the promotion, alongside the Hardy Boyz, Dudley Boyz, and others.